Total Research Centre-Qatar (TRC-Q) recently welcomed more than 50 students from HEC Paris as part of their programme to visit large industrial projects in Qatar.
The visit was an important part of the students’ agenda as the TRC-Q is at the core of technology-based innovation.
The tour commenced with a welcome by Dr Philippe Julien, director of TRC-Q, who then gave the students a presentation on the history, objectives and achievements of Total E&P Qatar and TRC-Q. The students were able to familiarise themselves with the labs and discuss with senior researchers for about three hours.
“Working together with the academic medium is absolutely mandatory when you carry out research and development. This includes funding research projects carried out by universities, welcoming interns at our facilities or organising visits of our labs for students, as it was the case for this HEC Paris group,” said Julien.
Total’s Research Centre in Qatar is a state-of-the-art research centre located at Qatar Science & Technology Park. The visiting students study the management of large projects within a specialised Master in France. HEC Paris has a branch in Qatar, located within the Education City of Qatar Foundation.
“Qatar has become an attractive country for top international management programmes and the visiting Executive MBA students learned a lot by visiting Qatar’s state-of-the-art projects and facilities,” said Yousef al-Jaber, head of CSR and Institutional Relations at Total E&P Qatar.
Guillaume Chalmin, managing director of Total E&P Qatar and group representative, said: “We are confident that they (students) now have a better understanding of the importance and functions of our research centre.”
The visiting students with officials.
